This class is a basic level yet detailed introduction focusing on nutritional metabolism diagnosis of Prakruti (genetic constitution of vata-pitta-kapha) and Vikruti (imbalance of three doshas of vata-space-air-movement, pitta-fire-water-metabolism, kapha-water-earth-phlegm-fat).

Indo - Tibetan medicine -- enshrined in the classic medical text called Rgyud bzi which was originally composed in Sanskrit and still available in Tibetan -- is a veritable treasure of centuries of accumulated experience with rational fundamentals and scientifically analyzable therapeutic measures meant for the preservation and promotion of positive health, and prevention and cure of obstinate and otherwise incurable diseases.

Five Element Herbal and Food Therapies of Himalayan wisdom of Tibet, India, China, and Nepal - http://www.Ayurvedic-College.com - www.Ayurveda-Institute.com Distance Learning: Ayurvedic Medicine system of Nalanda University Tradition (based on Nagarjuna -- see below) of Buddhism of Tibet and India; Herbal medicine with vata herbal remedies from Indo-Tibetan Ayur-Veda.

Lectured on November 16, 2008 at the Tse Chen Ling Buddhist Meditation Center (http://www.TseChenLing.org) by Medicine Buddha Healing Center by an anonymous American Buddhist Monk of the Nagarjuna Nalanda Tradition of Indian - Chinese - Tibetan Buddhism - Nalanda University Buddhist Studies Program Distance Learning - www.Nalanda-University.com. This American Monk studied with renowned Ayurvedic physician Dr. Vasant Lad, B.A.M.S., M.A.Sc. for a six-year 1800-hour 1900-patient Ayurveda apprenticeship. This American Monk has served over 5500 patients over the last 11 years.

The Four immeasurable Thoughts
Namo Maha Upeksha: How wonderful it would be if all sentient beings were to abide in equanimity (Maha Upeksha), free from hatred and attachment, not holding some close and others distant.
May they abide in equanimity. I myself will cause them to abide in equanimity.
Please, guru-deity, bless me to be able to do this.

Namo Maha Mudita: How wonderful it would be if all sentient beings had happiness and the causes of happiness.
May they have happiness and its causes. I myself will cause them to have happiness and its causes.
Please, guru-deity, bless me to be able to do this.

Meditate briefly on tong-len (exchanging self for others), transforming your body into a wish-granting jewel (chittamani) that gives every sentient being every kind of temporal and ultimate happiness that they desire and need.

Namo Maha Karuna: How wonderful it would be if all sentient beings were free from suffering and the causes of suffering.
May they be free from suffering and its causes. I myself will cause them to be free from suffering and its causes. Please, guru-deity, bless me to be able to do this.
Meditate briefly on tong-len (exchanging self for others), taking on the sufferings and causes of suffering of all sentient beings.

Namo Maha Maitri: How wonderful it would be if all sentient beings were never separated from the happiness of higher rebirth and liberation. May they never be separated from these. I myself will cause them never to be separated from these. Please, guru-deity, bless me to be able to do this.

Meditate briefly on tong-len (exchanging self for others), giving all one's merits of past, present, and future and their results, including enlightenment, to all sentient beings.

LC 4 For the sake of all mother sentient beings, I shall become a guru-deity (Bodhisattva or Buddha)
And place all sentient beings In the supreme state of a guru-deity. (3x)
Meditate here on generating special bodhichitta in order to enter into the practice of Mantra - Highest Yoga Tantra (Maha Anuttara Tantra).

Because I, the deities, the field of merit, and all other phenomena are imputations (merely labeled - shunyata) on dependent arisings (pratityasamutpada), everything becomes empty having the true nature of selflessness (anatman), free from the four extremes such as eternalism, nihilism, and so forth.

Pause to meditate here on emptiness.
Then arise in the form of Medicine Buddha (Bhaisajya Guru)
or as whatever highest yoga tantra deity you have been initiated into.

LC 1 From within great bliss (Maha Sukha Samvara), I arise as a guru-deity.
From my clear body, masses of light rays radiate into the ten directions,
Blessing the world and its beings.
All becomes perfectly arrayed with only infinitely pure qualities.

The courses Ayurveda movies are based on commentaries (Shastra) and teachings of the Venerable Monk Ayurvedic Doctor Arya Nagarjuna Bodhisattva (http://nalanda-university.com/buddhist-ayurveda-encylopedia/nagarjuna_bodhisattva_lung-shu_longshu-pusa_naga-arjuna_madyamika-marga.htm) of ancient Nalanda Monastery and Nalanda University and on those of the Venerable Chan Meditation Tripitaka Master Hsuan Hua of City of 10000 Buddhas (www.DRBA.org -- http://nalanda-university.com/buddhist-ayurveda-encylopedia/hsuan_hua_tripitaka-master_chan-monk_zen-weiyang-lineage_city-of-1000-buddhas.htm) along with the commentaries and oral teachings of Dr. Vasant Lad (http://www.ayurveda-berkeley.com/ayurvedic_doctor_vasant_lad_teacher_background.htm) and Vaidya Bhagvan Dash (http://www.ayurvedic-college.com/namo-nagarjuna-buddhist-ayurveda-nalanda-tradition/2_Bibliography_Dash_Bhagavan_Encyclopaedia_of_Tibetan_Medicine_Ayurveda.htm).

Also compiled from Dharma teachings, Sutras, Shastras and Indian, Tibetan, and Chinese Asian healing arts practices and teachings of the following Buddhist, Taoist and Hindu spiritual medicine masters:

"From these Gurus and the Three Precious Gems
I take safe direction with myself clear as a Bodhisattva holding Compassion and Wisdom I present you with offerings.
Upholding the teachings of Sutra and Mantra, I restrain myself from a wide variety of faulty deeds.
Amassing within all constructive measures, I benefit beings through the four types of giving - Dharma, Pala, Maitri, Artha." (6x)

To increase by 100,000 times the merit created, recite these special mantras at the end of the session: TADYATHA OM PANCHA GRIYA (five offerings or five faces) AVA BODHANI SVAHA (7x)

OM DHURU DHURU JAYA (Victory) MUKHE (Face or Mouth) SVAHA (7x)

Dedication and Transference of Merit (Punya) and Virtue:
I Now Universally Transfer the Merit and Virtue of to All Beings to realize Anuttara-Samyak-Sam-Bodhi
(“Unsurpassed Proper and Equal Right Enlightenment”: Anuttara is unsurpassed; samyak is proper and equal; and sambodhi is right enlightenment.)

We dedicate this merit-virtue to all beings so they may realize limitless contentment-equanimity-detachment (Maha Upeksha), compassionate wish for enlightenment on behalf of all beings (Bodhichitta), ultimate wisdom perceiving reality (Maha Prajna Paramita Anuttara-Samyak-Sambodhi).

This series of free Ayurveda movies are taught by an ordained American Buddhist Monk of the Nagarjuna Nalanda tradition of Indian - Tibetan - Chinese Mahayana Buddhism who prefers to remain more or less anonymous. http://www.Nalanda-University.com http://www.Ayurveda-Berkeley.com and http://www.Ayurveda-California.com. Namo@Shurangama.com.

For a copy of the actual written transliteration pronunciation of the words of these Siddham Sanskrit Mantras of the Great Compassion Bodhisattva, please visit:
http://www.Nalanda-University.com/buddhist-ayurveda-encylopedia/SKT335_Avalokiteshvara_42-Hands-and-Eyes_Mantra_of_Great-Compassion-Dharani-Sutra_GuanYin_Chenrezig.doc

For details on the Great Compassion Mantra, see: http://nalanda-university.com/buddhist-ayurveda-encylopedia/great_compassion_mantra_maha-karuna-dharani-avalokiteshvara_guan-yin-da-bei-jou.htm

In order to give credit where credit is due, please read aloud this verse:

"From these Master Teachers and the Three Precious Gems (Namo Ratna Trayaya)
I take safe direction with myself clear as a Bodhisattva holding Compassion and Wisdom (Maha Prajna Paramita), I present you with offerings."

RightsThis is part of the Ayurveda Distance Learning Program (Ayurvedic Correspondence Course) of the Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute (http://www.Ayurveda-School.net)
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